1999–2000 Iraqi First Division League Explained

Season:1999–2000
Competition:Iraqi First Division League
Winners:Al-Zawraa
(9th title)
Continentalcup1:2001–02 Asian Club Championship
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Al-Zawraa
Continentalcup2:2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
League Topscorer:Haidar Ayed
(28 goals)
Prevseason:1998–99
(Iraqi Premier League)
Nextseason:2000–01
(Iraqi Elite League)

The 1999–2000 Iraqi First Division League was the 26th season of the top-tier Iraqi national football league since its foundation in 1974. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi Premier League to Iraqi First Division League, and the season kicked off on 1 October 1999. The league title was won by Al-Zawraa for the second season in a row and the ninth time in their history.

They also won the Iraq FA Cup, the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship and the Iraqi Super Cup in this season, completing only the second domestic quadruple in Iraqi football history after Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya achieved it in the 1996–97 season.[1] [2]

League table

Season statistics

Top scorers

PosScorerGoalsTeam
1Haidar Ayed28Al-Nasiriya
2Qahtan Chathir27Al-Karkh
3Mufeed Assem25Al-Shorta

Hat-tricks

See main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks.

Player For !Against Result Date
7–1
57–0
4–2
5–0
58–2
9–0
9–0
6–1
5–1
5–0
6–1
9–1
4–0
7–1
7–0
3–0
4–3
4–0
6–2
44–1
6–1
3–3
46–2
4–0
5–1
46–1
4–0
4–0
6–2
7–0
6–1
Notes4 Player scored 4 goals
5 Player scored 5 goals

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Al-Sabti. Ali. Iraqi League History 1974-2011. 2014. Iraq.
  2. Book: Al-Munshi. Dr.Dhia. Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq. 2005. Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad.